Candle socket



March 26,1935. R, Popi 1,996,029

` CANDLE SOCKET Filed Aug. 20, 1952 Egg Fg@ Indenr'v- POpp, 'Y

Patented Mar. 26, 11935 CANDLE SOCKET' Rudolf Popp,Valparaiso,lIIll., as signor to McGillv Manufacturing Company, Valparaiso, .I nd.,y a-` f My invention relates in general to electrical switch mechanisms and .more in particular to an improved switch mechanism in combinationwith a candle typeof socket. r .2 j l 5 'f Theprincipalobjectof theinventionisthe provision of a simplified construction in a device of the rcharacter set forth. f f Another. `object is the provisionofimproved meansfor assembling the switch, and socket parts.V .f :i Another .object isi the provision of improved means for attaching vthe switch elementI tothe socket.y x f' .2.5. r` l-A further object is the provision ofA improved 15 means for attaching and` supporting the candle shell.` l A still further'object isl vthe provision oftan f improved switch and candle: socketIassembly.

Other objectsand `features of the -invention will be apparent from a consideration of the following .detailed description, takenjwith theaccompanying drawing, wherein. f. f Fig; `1 is an elevational view of thecomplete, assembly; 1 z 2 'is an elevational viewl takenfrom'the same angle,4 but withithe` candleshelll shown in section; 1 f Fig.v 3 is an'elevationalview simila'rtoFig.' 2, but looking at Fig.'2froxn .the right hand'side thereof; i f

Fig. 4is an Viewtaken along the linef^44of Fig. 1; f

Fig.` 5 lis a sectional' View.Y taken alongthe line 5 .5ifFigL 4;; 1'. 'l l .,5

Fig. 6 Lis va` transverse 'sectional view taken on the line 46 6 ofFig.` 4; looking upwardly;

-' 1' Fig. 7 is atransverse sectional-*viewlooking ,bers 11 and 1 2, I provide acombinationspacer and assembling'member. 23 (15ig.v9).y ,Thismember has a pair of spacing Aportions 24 and2 ,pro l:;40y y Ivided with extensions 24a, andy26d,resplfgctively.y These extensions project through openingsinthe vshell .contact Y clinched. over f-or .up-ended to "hold thelffijame members together. The member 23-v also verr- M15` tensions 2 7 which project through-apertures -in the base of the shell and also through the insudownwardly, taken on thewline 7--'l-.of2Fig. 4;" Fig.8'isA a perspectiveview of one/ofthe porf`contact;f i M. Fig. 9 is a perspective View .of an assembly member which functions to secure the `:to the switch assembly;

*of'fFig 4,- looking in the directionol' 4the arrows;

and .-Fig. 11 is anelevational view ofwmthev contact bridging'member. f

"of insulating material,such as fibre., a phenolic condensation product, or-.tl1e lilre. h Iheseframe .members "'functionwnot'* only` ..--to, support'rthe .switch elements proper but also to support the enlarged "longitudinal sectional l y .contact extensionll projects :through .all .ape' l-turefin the screwV shell 21 .and also throughgan tions ofthe assembly including the centerwlamp Fig. 10 is a plan view as seen 'on the line. A11H10 Referring now'tothe drawingthelswitchlincludes a pairof frame members I11 and 12. formed V mounting nipple, center and shellfcontacts-pf thesocket,fandtheusualcandleshell;1v

Considering now rst; thestationaryswitc'hcontacts, vone lContact .13,1formed of springmate .'rial, isfattached -to a frame-spacer and'asseml5 l bly jmemberflfi. vThis Ispacer ;member -is relative- -ly square and it has a pair of centerprojections extending. through apertures or @lets `im. the f frame members, whichpro'jections maybe-up `ended or. llattened, if desired, ,tomsecurethefirame .10

members theretot` The contactl has-arrelative- `ly squared portion 13a', thisv squared portion hav.-

ing tabs or` extensions 1 3b, :four in number1 clinched over the spacer 14.` These `tabsabut ,the extensions on `thespacer and also Whenkthe 15 assembly .is made these. tabs lie vbetweenthe H Sparndvffame members (Fig-.rf Y whereby Contact memberiis held-firmly in .positie rContact member is arched asshowntofac rits.Operation as a Contatti?..Ihehlherv.,y 5^

.he The v a squared portion 16aprovided,withv a plurality ingfthe center lamp contact j 19.' jThis center aperture in an insulating disc 22, disposed in the bottom of the shell in such-a way that thegcenter '35 contact 19 isheld in its proper position. n

For assembling the shell v421 to their'ame lating disc 22,'.where they are clinched'overjto L attach the* shell to the frame members.

By the arrangement so .far described,V itis4 ar7150. that'I have a direct metal connection betvv'eenfthe `center -lamp Contact 1 9 andthe stationary. con- .tact\;16. Thevmember? 2 3 in electrical contact* l wthrthek lshell isapertured and 'threaded 'to re- I 'CeYe a 6.0111110001"0r-leawlfattahng,screvtpz55 r MII ,.t. X20 "The secondr stationaryv contact member; 16 has.`A I

" lbelng--riveted overfltoconneet the-assemblyfnippie g 29. :Through these two connections the switch contacts, includingthe` lamp, may be connected 5 into a maincircuit'which supplies power to the The moving contact 'member is a substantially I lstarshaped :bridging contact? 31 carried on* a toothedwheelZhaving an integralt ratchet' wheel 33 .andprojecting axis members 34 journaled inv The coxnpilerz J Y bers together; It is notnecessaryto employl vall. v `oftlre projections through the frame member for -gthis!1;\1:|1'.1:`os e, however, as the candle shell in itself the frame members 11 and 12; member comprising the members 32l and 33is .formed of insulating material, preferablya suit- .'ablef :molding compound; portion -32 has teetlL'thje space between-fthe .teethlbeingxaltervnately shallow anddeep, and arms 31d of their f bridging contact 31 have portions, ,31h formedgrat which is disposed-flatalongthteeth Vof ratchetffwheel to ftuilancel the part bearing the ,Jpawlf- The member `36 Vhas secured theretova shaped-spring housing 39. This U-'shaped'spring yhousing` is apertured to` reeeive'V an# annular- 'pro-- jection envian assemblyfnipple 2irytliis!projection pto1 te spring housing. l A3 springf42fha's oneend j engaging against themember -36 and the opposite Y *enfil-r engaging against the spring housingL around the Y outside of thedadjacent portion of the asseme bly trippleY` this Springtending 'tdforcethe-Iemberfj upwardly'when'in theposition shown in Figi Thisbar 3 9`has` a universalfjoint connec- Y '-bar:.'-3& d`ownwardly andi operate f the Amovable *swi-tch- Contact;

l tends over `theenti're assembly and is shapedand formed upto representa candle in a well known -manneng I provide improved means,v however,v 'fori'securing this candle-'shellto` the assembly. 'Tlejfra-me members have afpair yoi"'proj'ec'tions '4 6 inear i the bottomV thereof oneA on Yeach frame member. The 'candle-shelljhas a pair of' bayonet f ist considerable distance' andi the 'other slot being relatively shortibutiin alignment with an aper- "ture-49. These Vslots aresp'acedapart fromach {other-'a distance equalyto the distanceY between fmembers.. f Looking'.;at.;1`?ig.f s, 'it willbeseentthat f. the stationary, contastrm' apertured ltd correidentical, .thus sembIy; .J5

insulating material f ex- -oomplished in-:the mannerpreviously descrrbed-` f ciafimst- I f lwhatl claim Vasino-w` andi desire'altjo protesti by vLetters Patent of the United States is: 15;.; 1-'.Ina5 candle=socketaf pair of substantially I'sur!bonding-1said'framemembersandsorewfshell,.

* f1,9.9e,o29 l l 1 The slot 47 has a narrowed portionfi'lat,y so,` that when the projection 46- passes such narrowed portion, it willbe held in the end'ofy the slot. Thev two projections, therefore, operate as detents to prevent'srotational movement of the candle shell and also to prevent it `from being 'withdrawn' readily from the assembly. i y Amongfthe features of\ the.iizwontionI is the f act that substantially efverymember enmloyed in .the assembly functions as .a spacer'and may function asta, rivetingmeans for securingthefframe memservesutof.- supportfthe frame membersto Ysome extent.. It:shrgmldbe` noted, alsa-that in each' instances member for connecting the shell and center contacts .to `the stationary switch contacts valso.-selsvest as'spacers.- The member 23,` secures theshell tothe frameV members. and also .func'-.

' `tions-` to* establish electrical contact l'ItoA the., shell :thi-'oughtI the screwconnection` 28=` The stationaryf contctsfllvand It are ideriticall;v excep'tt4 they are secured .to diffsrentwtypesof' mounting spend with the contatore throughj :which1 the -sc'rewi29` passes; aperturefin'the Contact 16 .of course; of. no; imIJ'ortance,-but:A illustrates that the two `stationary contact membersfare fishA .r facilitating .mamafacturer zamlasf f The frame members are provided with ginal recesses are in alignmentwith the projectframe memberszaaie identica1,-, whiolrleliminates pliiles manufacturefsmi'. assembly.'` y Vj .one ofthe: features'oflmyinvention is the and the; assembly.ia-rndfspacerl maylbe assembled over. in-` al jig, all. of. the spacers,-and switch `elerrnnts placed in` .the jig, andassembledftogthe one'frame member', `the second iframe member, placedu upon the toplof the previouslypartiallycompletedassembly and. 'the projectionsjrextendings through ,the framef members"upended'tov hold` 'the members assembled relation. The;A last step; of` course,V

vAlthough I` have disclosed-my inventionl in;A de'- tail to permit' those skilledin the art topraetice the smgi.-dofnot-'restrict-myselftothespar-j ticuliar form shown-and described, Vbuttheinvention 's'limited only by the Vscope of-thezappended at framev members parallelv toieachlother, said :tions Sithus'makingeit possible to cuttheLframe members' from'sheet'material' at some considcr'- i Y r`ablesawing.: Itshould alsolbe noted"thatthey two v ifo one'partcarried in stock', andi'acilitatesand:` sims asini# plicity with which it may be assembled, Asfalrst .-step; Ythe disci 2231s fplaced, the screw'gshell ,i

`frame 'members Ta-ndisupported?lv thereby; a 'screw shell secured tol the framemombers, andra c'am'dle shellin/-the for-'m ofatubular insulatinglcyllinder said candle shell having a pair of end slots, one slot being relatively long and the other relatively short, an aperture being provided in line with the short slot, one frameprojection disposed in the long slot to guide the candle shell and the other to engage in saidv aperture.

2. In a candle socket, a pair of flat frame members formed of insulating material, a plurality of Aformed integral sheet-metal spacer and assembly members disposed between the frame mem-y bers and having extensions projecting through the framemembers to'hold them substantially parallel to each other, a screw shell abutting the frame members, one of said spacer and assembly members having lugs extending through the base of the screw shell and bent over to thereby fasten the frame members to `the screw shell, another one of said spacer and assembly members having a projection extending through an aperture in the screw shell'and disposed toconstitute a center lamp contact, said two spacers forming electrical l terminals of the shell and center contacts respectively.

3. A candle socket as defined in claim 2, including a pair of stationary contacts, one attached to the same spacer member which carries the center lamp contact and the vother attached to another vone of the spacer and assembly members, and an adjustable bridging contact disposed between thek to a spacer and assembly members at diagonally opposite corners and having brush ends extending toward the middle of the frame members, a rotatable bridging contact device including a stepV-by-step rotatable contact wheel disposed between the frame membersr substantially midway between the corners thereof engagedby thebrush ends, means carried at one end of the frame members for operating said bridging contact device to open and close the circuitrbetween thel stationary contacts, and a screwrshell supported y at the opposite end of the frame members.

5. A candle socket as defined in claim 4, wherein said stationary contacts are provided with a plurality of projections bent over the spacing members to which they are attachcadvlas to lie' on either side of the extensions of such spacing,`

members and between the spacing membersv and.r *l e y the frame members.

6. A candle socket as definedin claim 4', wheref in one of the spacing membersv has a plurality of integral projections vextending through apere tures inf the shell4 and clinched over to attach the screw shell to the frame membersr.'

'7. A candle socket as 'defined in claim 4, whereof integral projections` extending,v through apertures in the screw shell" and clinched over to attach the shell to the frame members, one ofl the spacer and assembly members carrying the stationary contact having` an extension disposed through an aperture in the shell and shaped to provide a center lamp contact, and means car-` ried by the spacer and assembly member which f supports the shell and by vthe spacer and assem- 10 yin one of the spacing members lhas a plurality y bly member carrying the second stationary contact for connecting the socket to a source .of power.

8. In a candle socket a pair of elongated `flat rectangular frame members vformed `of sheet `insulating material, said membersbeing identical andeach having twoA marginal recesses along one edge on adjacently disposed edges, a lug extending from the oppositeedge' of .each member disposed in alignment with a recess in the op-` posite edge, said members being punched from sheet material whereby each lug is formed from the material taken out of the recess of the adjacently punched member, spacer members for` holding the frame members in alignment, terminals mounted on the frame members one adjacent each pair of opposite recesses whereby ll said recesses permit passingof conductorsfromf the terminals to the outside of the frame, and

a tubular candle shell placed over the frame member held by said lugs.

9. In a candle socket, a vpair of frame members comprisingI iiat pieces of insulating mate- -r rial, a plurality of sheet metal spacer and assemf bly members disposed between the frame members, one of said spacer'and assembly members disposed at one end of the framemembersxwith a portion flush with the upper edges thereof, a y l shell socket mountedabove said spacer/and in4 contact with the flush portion, an insulating plate resting within the shell socket upon the bottom thereof, integral lugs on said spacers and assembly member extending through said s'hell socketv and insulating plate to rigidly secure the socket members.

to said assembly and frame i RUDOLF' POPE. 

